Combined ladder and ironing-table.



BfSHERMAN.

COMBINED LADDER AND IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3,1915.

1,147,758. Patented July 27, 1915.

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COMBINED LADDER AND IRONINGr-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1915.

Application filed May 3, 1915. Serial No. 25,556.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BnoNIsLAw SHERMAN, a subject of the Czar of Russia,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Ladders andIroning-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined ladderand ironing table.

lhe primary object of this invention is to provide a foldable ironingtable adapted for positioning in the form of a step ladder when sodesired, and capable of being readily positioned to re-assume a tableformation.

A further object is to provide an ironing table consisting of a boardand hinged supporting legs, the legs of which are unfoldable into suchan engagement with each other as to position the reverse side of theironing board for forming an inclined ladder by means of hinged stepscarried thereby.

A still further object is to provide interengaging base and strutmembers upon a ladder and being so foldable as to form leg supports forthe ladder when horizontally positioned with'the reverse side of theladder uppermost and adaptable as an ironing board.

lVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, andpointed out in the appended claims.

Inthe accompanying drawings forming a part of this application andwherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevation of the devicepartially broken away and employed as an ironing table. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the device employed as a step ladder, parts thereof beingbroken away. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the step ladder formation.Fig. l is a transverse sectional view taken through the ladder showingone of the hinged steps in elevation. Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofthe lower portion of the ladder strut, and, Fig. 6 is a detail elevationof a portion of the free end of the ladder base brace.

' Referring more in detail to the drawings, it will be noted that thedevice primarily consists of the substantially rectangular board 10having one plain side 11 to be employed for an ironing surface While thereverse side 12 is provided with transverselypositioned steps 13 securedthereto by means of hinges l4 and adapted to be utilized as a laddermember when outwardly positioned. One end 15 of the board whichcorresponds to the head of the ironing board and to the top of the stepladder is slightly contracted and curved, and is provided with a centrallongitudinal notch 16 therein. A strut or leg 16 has one end thereofpivoted to the rod 17 within said slot 16 at the inner end thereof andsaid strut is adapted for swinging through said slot 16 to either sideof the board and when positioned adjacent the board side 11 in theladder formation as illustrated in Fig. 2, the strut will engage theinclined surface 18 formed in the board at the inner end of said slot.The combined strut and leg 16 is provided with an extenbe engaged by thehook 23 carried by the board side 12, such engagement being desirablewhen the leg 16 and its extension 19 are folded upon each other andpositioned perpendicular to the side 12 and being in the table formationas illustrated in Fig. 1.

The hook 23 then retains the table leg so formed rigid beneath the boardand adjacent the head end 15 of the table. A base brace 24 is hinged tothe opposite end of the table and centrally thereof upon thetransversely positioned rod 25 and within an end slot 26 of the board.The brace 21 is provided with a socket 27 adjacent its hinged end andsaid socket has a spanning wire 28 to be engagedby the hook 29 carriedby the face 12 of the board and positioned in engagement for maintainingthe brace 24 perpendicular to the board in the table formation of thedevice.

When the board is used for an ironing table, being positionedhorizontal, the steps 13 are maintained in flat engagement with theunder surface of the board 12 by means of turn clips 30 which arepositioned over the steps for so retaining the same in their inoperativepositions but may be readily re leased for allowing the steps to bemoved upon their hinges 1 1 to their operative positions when the boardis suitably inclined as illustrated in Fig. 2. The hook 29 beingreleased, the brace 24 is positioned upon the ground for supporting theladder and the strut and its extension are moved upon the hinge 20 intoalinement with each other, and thus form a continuous strut member whichis swung from its perpendicular position to the side 12 of the boardthrough the slot 16 and to a position in contact with the inclinedsurfacelS of the board and forming .an acute angle with the board side11, and as best illustrated in Fig. 2, the free end of the extension 19being positioned within a rectangular socket 31 in the end portion ofthe base brace 24.

The complete operation of the device will be apparent from this detaileddescription in that the elements may be readily made to assume either anironing table or a step ladder formation. When positioned as a table inthe form illustrated in Fig. 1, a releasing of the hooks 23 and 29allows the strut and brace to be each swung to a position adjacent theoppositeside of the board fromthat which they assume as supporting legsfor the table board, and are then readily positioned as the combinedstrut interengaging with the base brace, as illustrated in Fig. 2. It isobvious that a substantial reversal of these movements will bring theelements back to their form as an ironing table. The steps 13 areadapted to be retained folded inwardly upon hinges whenever so desired,although such a folding thereof is not essential to either formation ofthe structure.

While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what arebelieved to be preferable embodiments thereof, it is nevertheless to beunderstood that Various forms, modifications and arrangement of theparts as shown may be had without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is '1. A combined table and ladder consisting of aboard having longitudinal slots in its opposite ends, a strut hinged inone of said slots, an extension hinged to the free end of said strut, abrace hinged in the other one of said slots and provided with arectangular socket adjacent its free end and adapted to receive the freeend of said strutextension with the device in its ladder formation.

2. A combined ladder. and table comprising a rectangular board having atapered rounded head portion and longitudinal slots in each end of theboard, transverse hinge rods extending through each end of the board andtraversing said slots, a strut hinged upon the rod and within the slotat the head of the board, the board being provided at the inner end ofsaid head slot with an inclined abutting surface, an extension hinged tothe free end of said strut, a brace hinged to the rod within the slot atthe opposite end of the board and provided with a rectangular recessadjacent its free end, the free end of said extension being adapted tofit within said recess and said strut adapted to engage said inclinedsurface with the device positioned in its step ladder formation.

8. A combined ladder and table compris- 1 ing a rectangular board havinga tapered rounded head portion and longitudinal slots in each end of theboard, transverse hinge rods extending through each end of the board andtraversing said slots, a strut hinged upon the rod and within the slotat side of said board, swinging clips carried by said board adjacentsaid steps and adapted for engaging thereover with said steps in theirfolded positions, said extension provided with a recess adjacent itsfree end, a spanning wire over said recess, a keeper upon said braceadjacent its hingedend, hooks carried by the same side of said boardupon which the steps are hinged and adapted for engaging said wire andkeeper when the strut with its extension and said brace areperpendicularly positioned with respect to the board with the device inits table formation. e

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' BRONISLAW SHERMAN.

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